This is correct. Beersmith will calculate the decoction volumes for you.

Whats the mash profil you use in beersmith? I'm seeing single mash light body profile that hits 148 degrees but it won't fit in my mashtun as it need 10+(have a 9gal). And when looking at the fermentation tab,it says est. ABV 7-8% meas ABV 4.7%(wich is low for the style of beer.

Whats the mash profil you use in beersmith? I'm seeing single mash light body profile that hits 148 degrees but it won't fit in my mashtun as it need 10+(have a 9gal). And when looking at the fermentation tab,it says est. ABV 7-8% meas ABV 4.7%(wich is low for the style of beer.

brewed this last night. oversparged by almost 2 gallons (whoops! no idea how that happened!) so I had to take extreme measures to hit the OG. I took about 1.5 gal of the extra sparge, boiled it down on my stove to about 0.5 gallons while the hops and main boil happened outside on the propane. Added it back together at the end of the boil, hit 1.071.

[I would have just boiled it all on propane for an extra hour before adding hops to get it to the right volume, but it was already super late, propane tanks were almost empty and I had to keep alternating between them as they froze. it was cold last night.]

It's probably going to taste awesome. I carmelized my first runnings last Saturday for a scotch ale, and that's the only way to fly IMO. You used the seconds, but it still is going to have a flavor intensifying effect. You probably should have gotten a little better efficiency than you did with the extra sparge water, but that's probably fine.

It's probably going to taste awesome. I carmelized my first runnings last Saturday for a scotch ale, and that's the only way to fly IMO. You used the seconds, but it still is going to have a flavor intensifying effect. You probably should have gotten a little better efficiency than you did with the extra sparge water, but that's probably fine.

I got it crushed at the LHBS, and I was using year-old marris otter (stored decently), so that might be why I my efficiency wasn't any better. But I also ended up with 7.5 gallons into the fermenter instead of the 7.1 that beersmith predicted, so it would've been the right OG if I had gotten it boiled down all the way

all in all, lots of little mistakes, but the beer should still be delicious fermentation took off like a rocket.